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Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
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The Goldfinch
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Donna Tartt
Terpsichore
, September 04, 2014
What a joy this novel is to read. Tartt weaves a tale that follows Theo from fateful boyhood into adulthood. Beginning with disaster, continuing into adulthood with life punctuated alternately with periods of peace, fear, danger, love, abuse, faithfulness and betrayal. Theo's life is anchored and defined by a painting. The story grabs the reader by the hand almost from the first page. It's the book you can't put down because you are breathless for its end and resolutions yet it is so captivating you want it to never end and rather keep you involved with the characters' lives indefinitely.
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Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City
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Shorto, Russell
Terpsichore
, August 30, 2014
I read this book before my trip to the Netherlands last spring. It is well written and very readable. Shorto lives and works in Amsterdam and is in love with his city. That said, he is accurate in his historical reporting. He guides the reader back and forth from historical times to present often relating how the present is different from the past so the reader can follow the changes and thereby feel acquainted with the city before arriving there. Shorto gives interesting insights both historically and for current times and successfully links the two time and time again. He gives the reader a deep appreciation for the city but does not gloss over its negative events. In a conversation I mentioned this and another book I'd read in preparation for my trip and the history loving Amsterdamer I was talking to commented, "Oh, so you've read the literature then." Apparently even the people who live in Amsterdam are reading this book and enjoying it.
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Dark Places
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Gillian Flynn
Terpsichore
, August 19, 2014
This is a good mystery story as well as a story about guiding pace after unspeakable trauma. Flynn has a writing style that keeps you reading to find the answer. She managed to keep her reader guessing until the point of resolution and then she continues just enough to give satisfaction of the fate of all the necessary characters. while I doubt I can say I enjoyed this book, I have to amid I didn't want to put it down.
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Polar Bears: The Natural History of a Threatened Species
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Ian Stirling
Terpsichore
, July 05, 2014
I purchased this book to read in preparation for a trip to Svalbard. I wasn't disappointed. It is a thorough background of polar bears, their habits, their history and an educated look at their future. It is well worth reading whether merely curious about the bears and their environment or interested in finding out what native peoples and scientists have learned over the years. You won't want to scan or skip any of it: it is that interesting and well written.
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Invisible Girls A Memoir
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Sarah Thebarge
Terpsichore
, June 11, 2014
This was a selection for my book club. The story itself is interesting but the author's style is uninviting. There are two stories here: the past and the "present". The movement between the two is jumpy and the links are not always clearly logical. The interactions with the family are intriguing as well as how they met the author and began to develop a friendship. However there are a lot of holes. The author no doubt had no information to fill these parts but it made reading a bit unsatisfactory. The impact on the author's life while not exactly vague is only conveyed in a general sense. Yes it helped to make her whole again but what she is doing now in that same arena is what is only lightly referred to as something somehow on-going. The reader is left wanting more but not in the sense of "where is this person's next book for me to read" but rather more specifics for this story, and the resulting impact on the author's life with some detail. It is reasonable there could be vagueness to the family's story but not for the author's. If you merely want to read how one person accidentally became involved with an immigrant family and helped them both you will enjoy this book even though I didn't.
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Nikon D600 From Snapshots to Great Shots
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Rob Sylvan
Terpsichore
, March 20, 2013
When I bought my Nikon D80 years ago I discovered the manual that came with it was not nearly enough so I bought a book and learned a few things. Recently I bought the Nikon D600 and knew even before it arrived that I would want a book that would really teach me all I needed to know. I am so pleased to have this book! It is fun to read and Sylvan uses a logical method for presenting the information as he moves you through becoming facile with your new best friend, the Nikon D600. I'm not a novice but I think going back to basics is always a good idea when you get any new piece of technology instead of assuming what you know will directly all transfer. Yes, chances are it will, but why not just clear you mind and start at the beginning? When I do that I find the refresher part is good, the nuances I can pick up wonderful and my confidence and results are just what I'd hoped for or better! You won't regret investing the few dollars it takes to own this book.
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Practical Zone System for Film & Digital Photography Fifth Edition
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Chris Johnson
Terpsichore
, March 20, 2013
I am so happy I found this book. Johnson explains and illustrates the zone system and how it works. For the neophyte it is simple enough to understand then carry this information to helping make better photographs. Many of us have never used or have little used film, and then possibly only in point and shoot cameras. While digital cameras do a lot of heavy lifting there is much to be gained by understanding the zone system. If you are interested in improving and understanding your photographic process, then this book is one you’ll want to have!
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